The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-08-31

chester Heights, Princeton, Non 1
moutn, stony Point, Fort Moultrie I
Croton Heights, Cats /
Kill. Bennington and Yorktown, All '
through that wonderful contest the /
black man was true to Washington
and The American cause, and stood
by his guns until after the surrender
Of CORVALLIS at Yorktown, Virginia,
IN 1781, which closed the war Of the
revolution, almost upon the spot
where Lee surrendered to Grant
eighty-four years aiterWard.
Notwithstanding the sacrifices Of
the colored people in this war, they
were taken from the ranks Of the
| Continental army INTO slavery upon
I the very soil and spot Of the graves
Of their late comrades n arms.
Never in the history Of the world,
was there a crime 50 mOnstrous and
foul committed against humanity
and justice
The Declaration, fol which these
colored men Taught and for Which
rnany gayc their lives, says we
hold these truths to be selt-eYldent:
that all men are created equal that
I they are endowed by tlelr Creator
with certa In inahenabIe rights, tnat
\ among these are life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness; that, to aecure
these rights, governments are lnsu,
tutod among men, deriving then gust
powers from She consent Of the gov
a,~,ad And f0r tie sup
n0rt of this declaration, with firm
!, reliance OH the protection Of Divine
rloyidence, we mutually pledge to
l each other 0ur lives, Our fortunes,
! and our sacred honor.
!, Docs itnot seem strange that II
! the face Of such a declaration, tha'
: mor who Helped 20 win it we're
), doomed to more than eighty years Q
: slavery, by the very men by the SIG
! ! of whom they had fought Tor elgll
2" wears ii q grand and noble cause
Ae shameful as tins fact may appea
\ \ vet Il i d truth which brings I'll
y blush TO the cheek Of every true
! white American OF our crrtinen' Y
L tH3 day
= Tha var Of 1912 came, and Ncgr
helm was aGain NEEDED to quiet III
II demands of the B.ah At the bat
! rle 81 New Orleans, the coIoro
4 !. ty00ps so distinguished themselVd
y ) that the highest encomlums wei
= pronounced upon tAem by Goner'
,44 jackson, VINO afterwards occuple
~ tLa,nree.doutl4. c1Gir ton eight year
- = The General told the coLorod tro0l
! - 5nat he expected much Of them
IL Il. the battle 9i New Orleans, and III
III thfy had fat exceeded his expect
'H' tons. and that ne would "mtor
! } the President Of Their yalor." Wh'
= the cruel war was over, the color
i'' man was again returned 70 slave
III ana his deeds Of patriotism 50
= forgotten; butthe aboIltlonlsJs, DO
IL IN England and America, took
III the cause of The enslavcd Neg
i'll Such advocates as Galtis0n, Phn
~. ~. Tappen, Loyoioy, Greeley, sunni
M ao23 Douolaa. q. Ii ,LanRst0n, IA
wv w Stanton, II. r. Stowe, Susan
=" Anthony ard many others when
2Ne- , have not tiIne to mention, stood
4 Y" t the bondman until 1i7 InaL onal
.osl Speaking d TIM Aoroisl1 d !,
""9 ~ Brown and his few followers, "
.llch .ro1 dell Phillips said: as time pas'
~ 2an and these hours float back INTO
~ ~, tory. men viii see against the Y
' ou1' december sky that galloNs, I.
pa ',.o- round it thousands Qt armed !
We We ruardlnc Virginia from heI slave
! ltoilt nf The prophets Isaiah, Ezokell or.
y - niah never f0rtold q trUer ~
!! hv happening. Ill.
7 = y john Brown wasmurderedm
- = 81 thc instance OF tic commonVe
of Virginia, aided dv the adm
l6f5 tratioH at WASHINGTON In y
lo"o' ~ Thousand OF armed cQl0red
y y stood upon the soil of Virginia 81
M - ing treason TO death. until the
Ii+,: , render OF Lee II 1860.
o!Gm ~ Abraham Lincoln had met p
! INA, tla' "a 4. Douglas before the people
~, ~, IL his mastery efforts, Won
y ,lLnf,;i Lrif over to the support Of night az
'l'i"' wrona. and ii his most deten
.- nolitlcal contest was now y
II, III !; between the republican and q
.'ll III = cratic palues- The tormer II
OH4I~ ! nj General Fremont, rs their stan
itu ttlt 4 "a. 1o4+,r lanes